The organization We Plant It Forward is dedicated to preserving and restoring the natural environment. It’s building a grassroots community network that plant trees.
We Plant It Forward is hosting an Arbor Day Festival in partnership with Raleigh Park’s Earth Day Celebration at Dorothea Dix Park, 1985 Umstead Drive, Raleigh, NC, on Friday, April 19, 2024, from 5 to 10 p.m.
Check out a big list of Earth Day and Arbor Day events in the Triangle!
This free festival will include FREE trees for all attendees (while supplies last.)
In addition, enjoy:
- Information and activity booths from City of Raleigh and local organizations
- Native American Welcome and Earth Dances
- Kid Lab trailer with coral reef education and crafts
- Garden Demos and Tree Planting
- Bike Course, Disc Golf, Fishing-on-Land, and Lawn Games
- Paperhand Puppet Parade and Drum Circle
The Arbor Day Festival is held in partnership with Raleigh Earth Day. There will be a family-friendly movie at 9 p.m.
Event Schedule
- 5:00 – 5:30 pm Garden Demonstrations
- 5:30 – 5:45 pm Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
- 5:45 – 6:15 pm Native American Earth Dances
- 6:15 – 7:00 pm Raleigh Environmental Awards
- 7:00 – 7:10 pm Paperhand Puppet Parade and Drum Circle
- 7:10 – 7:30 pm Tree Dedication and Planting
- 7:30 – 8:00 pm Garden Demonstrations
- 8:00 – 10:00 pm Movie on the Lawn
Activities + Food Trucks | 5:00 – 8:00 pm
- Information and activity booths from City of Raleigh and local organizations
- Kid Lab trailer with coral reef education and crafts
- Bike Course, Disc Golf, and Fishing-on-Land
- Lawn Games: cornhole, hula hoops, lawn bowling, giant Jenga, Kan Jam
- Food trucks: LocoPops, Vane Hot Burgers, Chick-N-Que, DonutNV
- Garden Demonstrations | 5:00 – 5:30 pm | Demo Stage
- Walk with the Arborist
- Air pruning boxes
- Rain barrels
- Shredding + e-Waste Recycle | 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Adams Building Parking Lot
More Information
Raleigh Solid Waste Services is hosting a free shredding event to dispose of household documents in an environmentally responsible way. In an effort to shred your sensitive documents in a timely manner, attendees are limited to (3) three boxes (cardboard copy paper box or smaller) per vehicle. There is no need to remove binders, binder clips, paper clips, staples, rubber bands, or CDs/DVDs prior to shredding. Household e-waste will also be accepted, no batteries. Shred and e-Waste Collection Details.
Official Welcome | 5:30 pm | Main Stage
David Rahahę•tih Webb of the Tuscarora community will share a traditional opening in the Tuscarora Language, with the English translation. This opening directs our gratitude towards all of the natural world that surrounds us: Earth, the waters, plants and trees, crops, animals, birds, and the life-sustaining rains. Video and audio recordings are not permitted.
Earth Dances | 5:45 pm | Main Stage
Members of the North Carolina Tuscarora and other regional tribal communities will share Earth Dances, also called social dances. These dances, such as the Stick Dance, Alligator Dance, and Smoke Dance are fun and interactive. You might even find yourself invited to participate in some of them!
Raleigh Environmental Awards | 6:15 – 7:00 pm | Main Stage
Every year during Earth Month, the City of Raleigh celebrates people, organizations and businesses that protect our natural environment with the Raleigh Environmental Awards given out by the Office of Sustainability, Solid Waste Services, Raleigh Water and Raleigh Arts.
Garden Demonstrations | 7:30 – 8:00 pm | Demo Stage
- Leave the leaves
- Native Seeds
- Movie on the Lawn | 8:00 – 10:00 pm
A Plastic Ocean, documentary short
The Lorax, 2012, PG, run time of 1 hour 35 minutes
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